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Table-5.

Mean pH, NH₃, total gas, and CH₄ production in ratios supplemented with leaf protein concentrate of Indigofera.

Variable	Ration treatment					p-value

	IFW1	IFN1	IFW05	IFN05	Control
pH	6.75^a ± 0.06	6.80^a ± 0.08	6.78^a ± 0.10	6.83^a ± 0.10	6.83^a ± 0.10	0.6901
NH₃ (mM)	16.19^a ± 1.43	15.69^a ± 0.85	12.06^b ± 0.83	12.88^b ± 0.75	12.50^b ± 0.61	0.0001
Total Gas (ml)	81.92^a ± 1.26	65.42^c ± 0.96	65.17^c ± 1.29	75.42^b ± 1.71	65.42^c ± 0.96	0.0001
CH₄ (ml)	27.13^a ± 0.48	21.00^c ± 0.00	20.00^d ± 0.00	25.00^b ± 0.00	20.88^c ± 0.25	0.0001
CH₄ (%)	33.11^a ± 0.39	32.11^b ± 0.47	30.70^c ± 0.61	33.16^a ± 0.74	31.91^b ± 0.42	0.0001

IFW=Fresh Indigofera leaves extracted with distilled water, IFW1=A ration containing 1% IFW, IFN1=A ration containing 1% IFN, IFW05=A ration containing 0.5% IFW, IFN05=A ration containing 0.5% IFN, C=Control, numbers with different letters in the same row indicate significant differences (p < 0.05)